Published by admin on 07 Nov 2022
Pandemic Baking – 2.75 years too late
I’m sure you all remember at the beginning of the pandemic, during lockdown when people began to bake. Yeast was in short supply or just completely missing from shelves so folks began their sourdough gloop. I am not one to bandwagon in the kitchen, so I opted out on baking. For one, it seemed hard. For two, I was not in any mental place to fail at MORE things.
Cut to a few weeks ago, I was looking at my goal of trying 12 new recipes this year. I was perusing the internet as one does and saw a No Knead Dutch Oven Bread recipe that seemed… simple. Particularly because yeast is readily available (no need to do a science experiment!).
So I bought a Dutch oven, I bought some yeast and gave it a go!
Below we have the dough looking a little too dry. (I added about four tablespoons more water and it became the right amount of stickiness.)
Here she is rising like the superstar she is!
OMG, if baking is this easy, SIGN ME UP.
A LOAF OF BREAD. MAGIC. AM I A WITCH?
Breakfast this morning was HOMEMADE BREAD, a fried egg with everything but the bagel seasoning and a little chili garlic paste to dip into. DELICIOUS.
